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    Rori Hoatlin English 1101 22 August 2013 Knowledge Paper I would be a great instructor for people who are learning how to use contact lenses. I struggled with trying to wear contacts for 6 years so I know every fear‚ concern‚ and issue with them. I posses knowledge on the teenage girl’s mind. I understand the insecurities‚ irrational thoughts‚ wants‚ needs‚ and fashion choices. The most vital knowledge I posses is my resources. My resources provide me a way to find out any information (to a certain

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    The question of whether universities should have co-ed dorms or not has been an ongoing discussion for years. Most college capuses have them for the dependcy of the the student. There are few colleges who don’t have co-ed dorms because of the insecure involvement of the students parents and also the cost of living. Although there are many disadvantages to having co-ed dorms‚ there are also mayn advantages which is why I agree with colleges having co-ed dorms. The parents of the

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    Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless‚ and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson English author‚ critic‚ & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) Samuel Johnson wrote this about education. He was comparing‚ ignorant but caring‚ ethical people as opposed to educated and brilliant but selfish and antisocial people‚ Johnson was stating that‚ it is dangerous to educate people without a moral compass‚ or as former President Teddy Roosevelt once said‚ "To educate a

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    (see Table II‚ Appendix I) which interest people (especially‚ student) to study about technologies that are used to do the Telecommunication and IT jobs. However‚ almost all universities in Thailand provide Telecommunication and IT courses. But the course from different university have different course syllabus and the syllabus must be simultaneously developed to mach up with the technology developments that make the graduated student from those universities would be desired by the Telecommunication

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    Should English be the medium of instruction in Sri Lankan Universities Medium of instruction is a language used in teaching. It may or may not be the official language of the country or territory. Where the first language of students is different from the official language‚ it may be used as the medium of instruction for part or all of schooling and universities Bilingual or multilingual education may involve the use of more than one language of instruction. UNESCO considers that "providing education

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    Dec. 7‚ 2012 True opinion versus knowledge Knowledge is generally thought to require justified true belief‚ even if justified true belief is not sufficient for knowledge‚ as Edmund Gettier famously argued. In the Meno‚ Plato demonstrates that true opinion is not equal to knowledge. However‚ Gettier holds a different opinion that justified opinion is not equal to knowledge‚ but it is necessary to knowledge. I support the Plato’s opinion that true opinion is not equal to knowledge‚ and that justified

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    Do you think advertising to children should be banned? Why or why not? It is an established fact that companies might benefit from right understanding of the children’s role in purchasing process. It is considered to be the case adults are loyal to those brands which they are used to enjoy in their childhood. Moreover‚ getting elder‚ children may influence their parents quite deeply. Parents tend to work more and earn more to make up the deficiency of the time to spend with their children by making

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    Downey University of Phoenix PHL/716 Epistemology‚ or the study of knowledge‚ requires the scholar analyze the what‚ how‚ and why’s of their own knowledge. Asking these questions of themselves is essentially applying that which they have learned. There are different origins of knowledge as conceptualized by philosophers‚ educators‚ and scientists. Early philosophers defined knowledge as “justified true belief” (Cooper‚ pg. 23). In order for an individual to know something it must be true‚ he

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    teachable‚ it must be knowledge. However‚ since there are no teachers and students of virtue‚ virtue must not be taught. So they think that virtue is not knowledge. And then they start the discussion on what is true belief and knowledge. In this essay‚ I would evaluate Socrates’s explanation on why knowledge is better than mere true belief and the reasons that I agree with Socrates’s proposition. Socrates’s explanation To begin with‚ Socrates first questions whether true belief is something no

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    In the article “Why We Should Fear University‚ Inc. Against the corporate taming of the American college.” Fredrik deBOER addresses that corporatism has infected the soul of the American universities. deBOER begins the article by stating that the university he attended to get his Ph D. in‚ Purdue University‚ needs more garden space because it is the last wild place left in the campus. He uses the example that reads “Universities operate‚ every day‚ more and more like corporations” (par 4) to suggest

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